The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: words writing meaning accuracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: humor fashion clothes clothing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. —Abba Eban More about this quote Tags: history wisdom exhaustion cynicism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only way to abolish war is to make peace heroic. —James Hinton More about this quote Tags: war peace heroism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What all men are really after is some form, or perhaps only some formula, of peace. —Joseph Conrad in Under Western Eyes More about this quote Tags: humanity peace people universality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: peace rebellion equanimity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: forgiveness annoyance enemies Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can never be overdressed or overeducated. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: education fashion style dandyism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. —Oscar Wilde More about this quote Tags: life memory diary Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. —James Joyce More about this quote Tags: learning mistakes discovery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Today is today, yesterday is yesterday, the future is the time that is left. —Karl Lagerfeld More about this quote Tags: presence time future Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow More about this quote Tags: capability judgement accomplishment potential Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all. —Kurt Vonnegut in The Sirens of Titan More about this quote Tags: accidents existence coincidence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All things are difficult before they are easy. —Thomas Fuller More about this quote Tags: easy difficulty ease skill development Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind. —Kurt Vonnegut in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater More about this quote Tags: life kindness rules Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email